Still need a heat lamp during the day or not?

[Leelu13]

I have six chicks,4 silkies and 2 Wyandotte that are a little over 3 weeks old and are currently in my house. I've been using a heat lamp to keep them warm especially in the evenings. It's set to heat one side,so they can get away from it of they want to. However inside temp in my house is currently almost 80 (hello summer in Massachusetts!). Do I need the lamp on during the day or will they be ok if I just put it back on in the evening?

 

[Willowspirit]

I lean toward turning it off in the daytime. If you then see them all huddled together you can turn it back on. You definitely don't want them to overheat.

 

[Taj_MaChicken]

I would leave if off and watch their behavior.

I started turning my heat lamp off around 3.5 weeks during the day, and turned it on at night (this was about the time we also started taking them outside and letting them run in the yard in the evenings). We were able to get them in the coop with no heat lamp at 5 weeks.